Climate: Iqaluit

The climate here is a tundra climate, which means that the temperatures are very low all year round. According to Köppen and Geiger, this climate is classified as ET. The average temperature in Iqaluit is -10.0 °C. The rainfall here averages 422 mm.

Climograph Iqaluit

The least amount of rainfall occurs in February. The average in this month is 19 mm. With an average of 62 mm, the most precipitation falls in August.

Temperature graph Iqaluit

The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 7.0 °C. February has the lowest average temperature of the year. It is -27.1 °C.

Iqaluit Climate table // historical Weather data

Avg. Temperature (°C)

Avg. Temperature (°F)

Precipitation / Rainfall (mm)

January

-26.4

-15.5

22

February

-27.1

-16.8

19

March

-23.6

-10.5

21

April

-15

5.0

28

May

-4.7

23.5

29

June

2.8

37.0

36

July

7

44.6

58

August

6.2

43.2

62

September

1.6

34.9

52

October

-5.1

22.8

43

November

-13

8.6

32

December

-22.1

-7.8

20

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Avg. Temperature (°C)

-26.4

-27.1

-23.6

-15

-4.7

2.8

7

6.2

1.6

-5.1

-13

-22.1

Min. Temperature (°C)

-30.4

-31.4

-28.3

-19.5

-8.1

-0.3

3.1

2.8

-0.9

-7.8

-16.7

-26.2

Max. Temperature (°C)

-22.3

-22.8

-18.9

-10.5

-1.3

5.9

11

9.6

4.2

-2.4

-9.2

-18

Avg. Temperature (°F)

-15.5

-16.8

-10.5

5.0

23.5

37.0

44.6

43.2

34.9

22.8

8.6

-7.8

Min. Temperature (°F)

-22.7

-24.5

-18.9

-3.1

17.4

31.5

37.6

37.0

30.4

18.0

1.9

-15.2

Max. Temperature (°F)

-8.1

-9.0

-2.0

13.1

29.7

42.6

51.8

49.3

39.6

27.7

15.4

-0.4

Precipitation / Rainfall (mm)

22

19

21

28

29

36

58

62

52

43

32

20

The variation in the precipitation between the driest and wettest months is 43 mm. During the year, the average temperatures vary by 34.1 °C.